MOM - 'M'ost 'O'ccupied 'M'ankind!

I'm a person,

Who wakes up every morning just to work for my kids.

Who wants to slip all the healthy nutrition in food whenever possible.

Who finds complete bliss in their laughter.

Who wants to give as many hugs & kisses to them & get drenched in their abundant love.

Who's heart rips off if they get hurt & bleed, yet try to stay calm to soothe them.

Who awes to see my reflection in every activity they do & every word they speak. 

Who wishes to mold them with boldness & intelligence in all the steps they take. 

Who's not much cared about own beauty, but wanted to see them wear cute dresses. 

Who wouldn't sleep properly even if one of them gets sick. 

Who wants to go only to the places which entertains them. 

Who strives hard to create a better life & better thoughts for them.

These symptoms are not uncommon, because I'm one among the MOMs :-). 

               

At this stage, there came another challenge of potty training. Kavya got the point easily while it took a while for Oviya to get trained. Similarly Kavya had a bunch of vocabulary while Oviya was in her own pace. To all the people who ask, "why hasn't your baby crawled yet?", "why hasn't your baby walked yet?", "why hasn't your baby talked yet?" or "why is he/she not doing this & that?", I have an answer. Even if we stand upside down, kids reach their milestones only when they are ready :-). Though Kavya & Oviya were born with only few seconds of time difference, they perceive things differently & look everything in a totally different angle. Why compare kids when we know that each one is special & beautiful? ;-)

               

Yayyy!! Now, we also had our first guests who actually came to stay in our new house. It was Yuvi's cousin sister's family with their cute baby, Harshitha! It was fun watching her move like a doll. Even with heavy snow on the roads, we went out with them. 

               

The best moments in life are usually unplanned, random & spontaneous!! :-)

A runaway from Home to hOmE :-) - Part 2

After a week...

The packing & cleaning process seemed never ending. Many of our friends helped at the last minute, some stayed overnight. Without their help, we wouldn't have made it. Packers & movers helped shifting the packages to the new home. After everything was over, again we travelled 5 hours with our 5 members crew ( :-D ) in the snow storm on that day without a single break. It became evening when we reached the place. Exactly when we were about to take a turn inside the apartment entrance the car skidded & moved towards the other street. Since we couldn't take a reverse turn due to the vehicles behind, we thought of taking a 'U' turn from the next street. There was only half an hour remaining for closing the leasing office & to sign the lease. But when we went to the adjacent street, we got stuck in the snow for one hour) ;-). Kavya & Oviya were cranky & crying, it was snowing heavily outside, there was nobody outside to help, a woman from a nearby home kept watching us now & then from her window ( looked like she was annoyed by our car standing there for a long time ). This looked like a thriller movie except that we were the victims in real time :-). Then, determined Yuvi took a roaring turn to get the tire out of snow, but the leasing office was closed by then & we had to stay in the nearby hotel that night. Since we finalized this apartment & gave the advance amount earlier, we came to sign the lease only the next day.

We were lucky that on the very first day our neighbors gave some food :-). For a month it was tough to organize the things & to make Kavya & Oviya get settled after sickness. Even Snowy was sad initially. Slowly everything was getting better & we even got some good neighbours. And finally it was time to shave Yuvi's beard too after a month. He was trying  a new style which looked horrifying :-D.

                       

                       

I'll look back on this & 'Smile' because it was 'Life' & we decided to live it :-).

A runaway from Home to hOmE :-) - Part 1

Kavya & Oviya were two months passed their 2nd birthday. We had to relocate from King of Prussia PA to Pittsburgh PA ( 5 hours of distance ) due to Yuvi's job change. We came to know about the moving only a couple of weeks before starting. Since then, there were too much work to do including packing all the stuffs, cleaning the house, informing the change of address to the post office & other important places, looking for a new apartment in the new place etc. On top of it, I still had to cook & take care of the kids. Kavya & Oviya were still wandering without enough attention ( Kavya was wearing one of my top ;-) ) & unpacking the things we already packed. The process of packing was overwhelmingly huge. We didn't knew the complexity of packing until we had some friends helping throughout the night in the last minute.

Since the cot was disassembled, every one's tired eyes made them sleep in the hall. And after so much packing, Yuvi made a special dish which tasted so yummy for my hungry tummy :-) ).

                       

We had to make a two day trip to our new place a week prior to the actual moving for booking an apartment, where we all ( including Snowy ) stayed in a hotel & searched for some apartments. That must be one of our worst trips ever. It was snowing outside & both Kavya & Oviya were having a cold. Their condition worsened during the 5 hour travel & it ended up taking Oviya to the emergency in a completely unknown place. She had trouble eating & drinking liquids due to her throat infection. When she got better, somehow we managed to see some apartments & booked one blindly.

While returning from the trip, Snowy did something to remind about his importance too :-). This incident would live in our minds for sure. At 12 AM, we stopped at the service area & I took Oviya alone ( Kavya was sleeping in the car with Yuvi & Snowy inside ) to the restroom where we were roaming in nearby shops. When we both came outside after 15 minutes, Yuvi was moving in panic around the car. He was sweating even in the freezing cold. His face was tensed & his words were stammering. What had happened was, Kavya was still sleeping in her car seat & Yuvi thought of taking Snowy down for a small walk. When he got down, closed the door & came to open the other door were Snowy was sitting, Snowy got excited & jumped over the lock button on the door. The next moment, all the doors of the car got locked while the engine was still on & the mobile was inside. Yuvi was desperately explaining Snowy how to open the lock. Unfortunately, Snowy only had paws & not fingers :-P.

When I came to know this, I rushed inside again & called the cops from a nearby shop. There were lots of thoughts going through our mind. What if Kavya got up & cried? What if Snowy could never open the lock? What if Snowy moved the driving gear out of jumping? What if the cops turned out late? What if the cops break the car to rescue both? What if this & what if that? Those few moments gave us the most unbelievable chills. But, miraculously Snowy opened the lock again after few minutes on his own & we informed the cops again before they arrived. Even with our eyes closed & nose pinched, we would never leave the key inside again while going out of the car.

Every day & every moment reminds me of 'We're still learning' :-).